Coveney says time running out for border deal

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has insisted Ireland will not be used as a “Trojan horse” by Britain during Brexit bargaining but said time is running out for a deal on the border issue.

Talks between the EU and the British government over its exit resume next week, ahead of an EU leaders’ summit to assess progress in October.

Mr Coveney met the North’s secretary James Brokenshire yesterday but insisted “new thinking” was needed as the clock ticks on Britain’s exit.